Can selling insurance to patients transform healthcare?

November 2, 2015

The third open enrollment kicked off yesterday for the 19M uninsured Americans eligible to get coverage under the ACA. The takeaway for this enrollment season? There's less technical snafus, more options—and pricier plans. Portfolio company Stride Health offers a user-friendly health plan-shopping experience—and has now teamed up with Intuit to solve healthcare finances. Can selling insurance to patients transform healthcare?Collective Health's Ali Diab weighs in.

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Headlines

Medication Errors In Half Of All Surgeries
Tweet | Forbes

Few EHRs Score Well On New AMA Usability Ratings
Tweet | Modern Healthcare

Walgreens Buys Rite Aid For $9.4B, Tests Regulators' Merger Appetite
Tweet | The Wall Street Journal

Healthcare Struggles To Recruit Top Cybersecurity Pros
Tweet | Modern Healthcare

The ‘Mall-ification’ Of Medical Care
Tweet | The New York Times

Can Providers And Insurers Team Up To Fix Health Insurance?
Tweet | The New Yorker

Two Medical-Technology Companies Illustrate The Ups And Downs Of Innovation
Tweet | The Economist

Scientists Urge National Initiative On Microbiomes
Tweet | The New York Times

Patient-Generated Data Integration Challenges Aren’t Technical Anymore
Tweet | MobiHealthNews

Rock Health In The News

Can Selling Insurance To Patients Transform Healthcare?
Tweet | The New Yorker

Why Healthcare Wearables Are Out Of Reach For Those Who Need Them Most
Tweet | Forbes

Intuit And Stride Health Aim To Solve Healthcare For The Self Employed
Tweet | Examiner

Funding

Company	Amt	Investors	Source
Enlitic	$10M	Capitol Health	Bloomberg
Monclarity	$5M	Access Industries	VentureWire
Prescription Advisory Systems and Technology	$1M	Undisclosed	Philadelphia Business Journal

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